I stumbled across this today and wasn't sure where to put it or if it warranted its own thread, so I'm putting it here for now.

A retired four-star admiral is now claiming that Barack Obama intentionally conspired with America's enemies to stage a bogus attack and the kidnapping of an American ambassador so he could "negotiate" the release of a "hostage" and bolster his mediocre approval ratings just prior to the election...

Although the Obama Administration intentionally gutted security at the consulate prior to the staged kidnapping, former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty disobeyed direct orders to stand down, saved American lives, single-handedly killed scores of attackers...and the attackers, believing that the Obama had betrayed them, tortured Ambassador Chris Stevens and dragged his body through the streets.

I stumbled across this today and wasn't sure where to put it or if it warranted its own thread, so I'm putting it here for now.

A retired four-star admiral is now claiming that Barack Obama intentionally conspired with America's enemies to stage a bogus attack and the kidnapping of an American ambassador so he could "negotiate" the release of a "hostage" and bolster his mediocre approval ratings just prior to the election...

Although the Obama Administration intentionally gutted security at the consulate prior to the staged kidnapping, former Navy SEALs Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty disobeyed direct orders to stand down, saved American lives, single-handedly killed scores of attackers...and the attackers, believing that the Obama had betrayed them, tortured Ambassador Chris Stevens and dragged his body through the streets.

I would have thought you had learned by now to ignore all gov. press releases and corporate media stories about partisan party politics as time-wasting irrelevancies having no connection to reality. No need for you to waste our time with them.

I have family in Cairo. The demonstrations are real (according to them) but to what extent, I'm not sure. I could certainly see a scenario where a few thousand people are made to look like a few hundred thousand. Or 10,000 made to look like a million. There certainly is a lot of questionable material coming from there.

anonjedi2 wrote:I have family in Cairo. The demonstrations are real (according to them) but to what extent, I'm not sure. I could certainly see a scenario where a few thousand people are made to look like a few hundred thousand. Or 10,000 made to look like a million. There certainly is a lot of questionable material coming from there.

You are going to back this up? Can you ask them to take some footage and send it to you?

Agreed. I've been to Cairo and that first photo looks like any typical night in the city. Cars are always jammed like that. I do believe my family is telling the truth when they say people are protesting, but I don't necessarily buy into the imagery that portrays millions upon millions of people in the streets, flooding the bridge, etc. A few thousand people with flags and signs isn't much news in my book.

The soccer comment is amusing. They were looking up at a military helicopter.

anonjedi2 wrote:Agreed. I've been to Cairo and that first photo looks like any typical night in the city. Cars are always jammed like that. I do believe my family is telling the truth when they say people are protesting, but I don't necessarily buy into the imagery that portrays millions upon millions of people in the streets, flooding the bridge, etc. A few thousand people with flags and signs isn't much news in my book.

The soccer comment is amusing. They were looking up at a military helicopter.

Hmm, not the sort of ELA one might expect to see in a real photograph! Where did you say you got these? Why is the EXIF missing? How do you know there is a "military helicopter" there? Did it say so on the site "your relations in Cairo", [A euphemism if ever there was one!] took the images from before sending them on to you?